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6M.A. Keenan & Sons Leyland Comet on Stockport Road Longsight in October 1962.(Click on picture for full screen view)5BMC and Bedford TK at South Street Openshaw in 1969.
4Junction of Cross Street and Market Street in Manchester 1966.
Cant make out the owner of the Atkinson due to his rolled up sheet covering the headboard.3Groves and Whitnall Ltd Commer delivering to the Beswick Inn off Ashton New Road in 1966.
2Oldham Road BRS Parcels depot in December 1966 which was located just of the A62 at Ancoats Manchester.
Plenty of Scammell couplings and Noddy vans back in the day.1This Barber Road Services Ergomatic Leyland Beaver, Reg No TWA 311F, came to grief in 1969
on the A57 Hyde Road in Manchester after running into the back of a tipper.0 Talking of nostalgia here’s a favorite picture of mine, taken in 1964, showing an electrical transformer that had been collected from the Ferranti factory at Hollinwood near Oldham.
Pictured here being hauled by Wynn’s Pacific 6x6 heavy duty prime mover Reg No GDW 277 ‘Dreadnought’ two more Pacific’s can be seen in attendance at the rear on pushing and restraining duties at it makes it’s way up the long climb out of Delph on the A62 up towards Standedge Cutting before the long descent into Marsden then onward towards Huddersfield.
Note the queue of traffic behind which was a regular occurrence on the old A62 trunk road through Saddleworth long before the opening of the M62 across the Pennines.
Excellent photos Paul
Started early from Trafford park first drop Stalybridge to York re-load at Leeds, stopping for breakfast at Motormans café Marsden about 9:00 am. A Wynns maintenance van pulled in to Motormans to collect pre-ordered bacon sandwiches and filled up brewcans told us to get mobile as a long slow moving load was on its way and long tailback to Oldham. I had tipped my load and reloaded and met the Wynns rig on A62 near the Three Nunns Mirfield heading East about 4 pm. Apparently Wynns had a breakdown at Slaithwaite (Slowate) or Colgar area before Huddersfield.
1960s no cab radios or smartphones to listen for traffic bulletins. No cab phones Tachos but still the best years as you were your own boss. Best memories was having an extra afternoon hours sleep in a layby run back to depot on overtime was bliss.
Good photo of Wonderloaf breadvan and Cheshire Sterry milk lorry based Garden Dairy, Green Lane, Didsbury Road, Stockport. 1950s 60s problem delivering to corner shops was turning up when wholesale delivery companies like SPD (speedy prompt delivery) think depot was based at Higher Broughton. Kev